1 I don't think the ruling means he's not a pedophile and not a wierdo, or that anyone in their right mind should ever allow their child within grabbing distance of his pasty white skin. It just means that in the particular incidents in which he was accused, the prosecution did not line up enough evidence to overcome a reasonable doubt that he did what he was accused of at those times and places. The system worked, and the tragedy is not that it did work for Jacko, but that it's possible that it hasn't been working for others without the money he was able to spend on a proper defense.

2 Well, we do need to be mindful of the McMartin case. But . . . "Jesus juice." I defended him in the 90s when he was just wierd and misunderstood. But some of the details I've heard this time around truly make me ill. As with OJ, I feel a bit better knowing that at least he's broke now. Best I can do.

3 The MSM steps in where the law cannot. John Ramsey. O.J. Simpson. Michael Jackson. They lost everything, and rightfully so. This is why, even though the MSM gets very stupid and shrill in political areas, in legal areas they fulfill a viable social need, a sort of more civilized vigilanteism.